As Islamic State tightens its grip on Libya, 86 Eritrean Christians have reportedly been kidnapped in the country.
Human rights activist Meron Estefanos said that the Christians were migrants, the majority of them from city of Adi Keih, and were trying to make their way to Europe. Of the 86, a number were children and at least 12 were women. They were taken in a dawn raid on June 3 while travelling in a truck to Libyan capital, Tripoli.
According to Estefanos, who co-founded the International Commission on Eritrean Refugees, eyewitnesses said those travelling in the vehicle were divided by their religion, and six Muslims were released by the jihadists. "IS militants asked everyone who is Muslim or not and everybody started saying they are Muslims," she told IBTimesUK. "But you have to know the Koran, and they didn't."...